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Each team will play their three division opponents and then be ranked. The top teams in their divisions will play in the championship match while each of the other seeds will play their matching counterpart from the other division.

The Buffalo Sabres have finished first in their division over the last two years, winning the tournament once.

Last season featured high picks such as Rasmus Ristolainen and Nikita Zadorov. Other players who took part in the tournament were Zemgus Girgensons, Johan Larsson, Joel Armia, Justin Bailey, Jerome Gauthier-Leduc, Chad Ruhwedel, Nathan Lieuwen, Andrey Makarov and members of the Rochester Americans prospects.

Nicholas Baptiste led the Sabres with four goals and three assists in the four games last season.